In Neide Fernandes’s fridge there is no meat, no vegetables, but there are some 20 eggs — “the least expensive” animal protein she can afford.The 60-year-old former cashier lives with her husband and two adolescent grandchildren in a tiny one-bedroom apartment in a Rio de Janeiro squat.The building was once a hotel in the city …
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In 2016, a Colombian court sent a powerful statement on environmental protection by ruling that a crucial river in the northwestern Choco jungle, which was being decimated by illegal mining, had legal rights.The landmark decision, which came the same year the government inked an historic peace deal with the FARC guerrillas who controlled much of …
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Israel suffered one of the deadliest days of its ground offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon on Wednesday when six of its soldiers were killed in combat near the border.The soldiers “fell during combat in southern Lebanon”, the army said in a statement. Their deaths mean 47 Israeli troops have been killed in combat with Hezbollah …
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As Donald Trump prepares his return to the White House, one of his most omnipresent confidants has been not his running mate or wife but a fellow brash billionaire, Elon Musk. Since campaigning for Trump — with such enthusiasm that Musk literally jumped in the air at a rally — Musk has been a near-constant presence …
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Isidora Olave opens a package containing a T-shirt, a skirt and a handful of glitter stickers shipped to her front door in Santiago, Chile, all the way from China almost 20,000 kilometers (11,800 miles) away.Like many of her peers, the 20-year-old dentistry student says she no longer has use for malls.Instead, she shops cheaply and conveniently …
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Spain’s eastern Valencia region braced for more torrential rain on Wednesday, two weeks after the country’s worst floods in generations killed more than 200 people there.Other parts of Spain also on high alert evacuated thousands of residents and closed schools as another storm lashed the European nation.National weather agency AEMET issued the highest red alert …
A mysterious diamond-laden necklace with possible links to a scandal that contributed to the downfall of Marie Antoinette, sold for $4.8 million at an auction in Geneva Wednesday.The 18th century jewel containing around 300 carats of diamonds had been estimated to sell at the Sotheby’s Royal and Noble Jewels sale for $1.8-2.8 million.But after energetic …
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Dutch parliamentarians clashed in a heated debate Wednesday as they addressed last week’s attacks on Israeli football fans, while police in Amsterdam arrested pro-Palestinian protesters who again defied a ban on demonstrations in the wake of the violence.The Netherlands is still dealing with the political fallout from last week’s violence that followed a Maccabi Tel …
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The percentage of adults suffering from diabetes across the world has doubled over the past three decades, the biggest rises coming in developing countries, a study said Wednesday.The serious health condition affected around 14 percent of all adults worldwide in 2022, compared to seven percent in 1990, according to the new analysis in The Lancet …
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The “hugs not bullets” security strategy introduced by Mexico’s former president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to tackle criminal violence at its roots failed, US ambassador Ken Salazar said Wednesday.In unusually blunt remarks, the diplomat, who was appointed by outgoing US President Joe Biden in 2021, said Mexico faced a “very serious” security problem.While crime prevention …
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